Adrian Spillane

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Adrian Spillane
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 29)
Nickname Moses/Ado [1]
Club(s)
YearsClub
Templenoe
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
Kerry

Adrian Spillane (born 19 April 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Templenoe club and the Kerry county team.

He is the son of the famous Kerry footballer Tom and thus his uncles are Mick and Pat who also played for Kerry.

His brother Killian is also a county player. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Adrian Spillane". Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
  2. O'Mahoney, John (21 October 2013). "New generation of Spillane brothers celebrate success". Irish Independent .
  3. Verney, Michael (21 September 2019). "Spillane brothers start for Kerry as Horan continues to experiment with Mayo attack". Irish Independent .